Eric Bradley is the author of the critically-acclaimed "Mantiques: A Manly Guide to Cool Stuff," "Picker's Pocket Guide: SIGNS" and the editor of the annual "Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide." A former editor and an award-winning investigative journalist with a degree in economics, he has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, GQ, Four Seasons Magazine, Bottom Line/Personal and The Detroit News, among others. He is a public relations associate at Heritage Auctions, HA.com, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer, and lives near Dallas with his wife and three children.